Russian Women don't seem to age well

[Markus]

You're not doing your research with patience.

[TeddyBear]

Lighten up guys--just explaining why I started to like how Russian women looked.  For me, its visual--I like how that girl looks--she reminds me of someone I knew when I was very young.  Till recently I did not know that look was of a Russian woman.  It actually takes a while to develop the facial recognition skills to connect to a slavic face--or for me at least it did.  I know for some of you guys it started with a profile picture--for me it was a website on everyday Russian life--why would that be so strange?

[Jumper]

Lighten up guys--just explaining why I started to like how Russian women looked.  For me, its visual--I like how that girl looks--she reminds me of someone I knew when I was very young.  Till recently I did not know that look was of a Russian woman.  It actually takes a while to develop the facial recognition skills to connect to a slavic face--or for me at least it did.  I know for some of you guys it started with a profile picture--for me it was a website on everyday Russian life--why would that be so strange?

You would not have much trouble seeing women that looked like *her* in the FSU.,
but i can't say that she looks particularly slavic to me
(Russia is a BIG area)

 I would also say that this "look",  isn't uncommon at all in many US states! ?



I have been in eastern europe quite  a bit....
the women that tend to stand out as a bit unique looking from *western* women
seemed to me to be  the rather larger  percentage of dark brunettes with extremely blue eyes (and classic higher slavic cheek bones)
There just seemed a disproportionate amount of megan fox look a-likes there..
in *general* the further north or into Russia proper  the fairer and more blonde

(but Russia is HUGE and that changes a lot from east to west, north to south)

[TeddyBear]

Wow, you are saying she is ordinary, hmmmnnn . . .  then more power to me.  Guess I am not shooting for the stars.  Cuz, that look is exactly the type of girl I want to fall in love with.  Yah, I know that look is possible in the States, but I want a girl without the AW attitude problem.

[Daveman]

Wow, you are saying she is ordinary, hmmmnnn . . .  then more power to me.  Guess I am not shooting for the stars.  Cuz, that look is exactly the type of girl I want to fall in love with.  Yah, I know that look is possible in the States, but I want a girl without the AW attitude problem.

(Maxwell Smart voice) The ole AW attitude trick again.... So you want to trade a feminazi for a drama queen, eh?  heheheh  or a femiqueen for a dramanazi...    I'm sure not all RW are drama queens (my nose is growing as I type), in fact we have at least two who post on this board (nose didn't grow that time).... but in all honesty, I've yet to interact with one in the wild.  They have their own set of attitude problems.  The point being, if you are looking to escape "attitude", you're gonna have to turn asexual or something.... so, with that in mind... good luck! 

[TeddyBear]

Attitude about not paying enough attention to her and then chasing me around the house with sharp objects I can handle--attitude of raping me out my house, alimony, child support and charging me with spousal abuse I refuse to play along with.  I will take any amount of physical abuse any day over being raped by the American justice system.

[groovlstk]

Attitude about not paying enough attention to her and then chasing me around the house with sharp objects I can handle--attitude of raping me out my house, alimony, child support and charging me with spousal abuse I refuse to play along with.  I will take any amount of physical abuse any day over being raped by the American justice system.

Do you honestly think RW in the same situation are any different?

[TeddyBear]

Culture has a lot to do with divorce, if it did not how in the hell did it go from like 10 percent of marriages in America to 50 percent in just 2 generations?  Not sure if an international marriage is the ultimate answer, but a lot has to be said for a guy who goes the distance to marry a gal abroad and for a lady who gives up her family to be with her man.   Anyway, I am not gay, don't want to be serial dater, or a woman hater.  I must, for now believe that there is hope for me in a world gone crazy that I can find someone who will choose to love me thd make a lifetime committment.  In the end--I really want to have my own family.  Money is not enough--I know that now.

[kievstar]

Not sure about your stats but when are you considering people in generation 3, 2, and 1 to be born.  I will agree divorces for people born prior to 1920 are low but since divorces have been high.  In 2008, 46% of all marriages involve a remarriage for one or both spouses. It is estimated that 40% of all marriages have ended in divorce as of 2008.  In Australia, nearly every third marriage ends in divorce. The rate of divorce in the United Kingdom has been dropping in recent years. In 2007 the divorce rate in England and Wales was recorded at 11.9 people per every 1000 of the married population. This is the lowest divorce rate recorded since 1981.

The overall divorce rate is in decline in the U.S., but so is the marriage rate.

Many marriages in Ukraine were never legalized so do not count as marriages or divorces when they divorce.  So when it comes to looking at stats in Ukraine very difficult as they only track registered marriages. Divorce rate could be higher or lower than published.

Key thing is marry within your league and league considers many things and not just looks and money.  For example a woman into museums, wine tasting, opera, and art will want nothing to do with me like I will not want anything to do with her.  Women with those interests are out of my league.  Not a good or bad thing.

[TeddyBear]

1920!! 1920 !!!! Are you nuts--marriage in America was fine until 1970 and then it all went to hell.  And I blame the counter culture movement for detroying American marriages.

[TeddyBear]

Sigh, it seems the best persons in Russia who can help you get married in Russia are not really motivated by money.  I really wish there were reliable trustworthy persons I could simply hand 20 K cash and tell to get cracking but it does not work that way.  Such people would be insulted and feel cheap by accepting such a proposition.  Unfortunately you have to relay such cash in forms of graceful gift giving-given of course in a natural way to foster the affection needed for such ones to help you in the first place.

Damn it, how do I get into the insider club of who is who in Russia without having to move my ass there and start businesses and small scale charitable organizations?

If I start a business there I think I would go insane from the red tape and bribing.

If I donate 20 K to a charity for an introduction to a nice girl--I feel lightning will strike me down for my evil actions.

[tim 360]

$20K donation?  Maybe a church might help you.  Are you religious?

[Faux Pas]

Sigh, it seems the best persons in Russia who can help you get married in Russia are not really motivated by money.  I really wish there were reliable trustworthy persons I could simply hand 20 K cash and tell to get cracking but it does not work that way.  Such people would be insulted and feel cheap by accepting such a proposition.  Unfortunately you have to relay such cash in forms of graceful gift giving-given of course in a natural way to foster the affection needed for such ones to help you in the first place.

Damn it, how do I get into the insider club of who is who in Russia without having to move my ass there and start businesses and small scale charitable organizations?

If I start a business there I think I would go insane from the red tape and bribing.

If I donate 20 K to a charity for an introduction to a nice girl--I feel lightning will strike me down for my evil actions.

Relationships and marriage is work or at least extreme effort. You get out of them what you put into them and if you have a good one you can get much more out than you put in. I'm going to be honest here with you Teddy, if your idea of working for your lifetime partner is paying someone 20k to help you get married, you are carrying some serious defeatist attitude and you haven't even stepped up to bat yet. It's seldom I tell anyone to rethink this venture but for you, I'll make an exception. Unless you get you another take on the FSUW situation you'll be failing as miserably there as you have in your past local relationships IMO

[kievstar]

So for the divorces in 1970 when do you think these people were born?  When were there parents born?  Right after World War 2 the divorce rate was very high.  Than it declined until around 1965. 

"Marriages are most susceptible to divorce in the early years of marriage. After 5 years, approximately10 % of marriages are expected to end in divorce - another 10 % (or 20 % cumulatively) are divorced by about the tenth year after marriage. However, the 30% level is not reached until about the 18th year after marriage while the 40% level is only approached by the 50th year after marriage."

So when you look at marriage more than likely you will be married 50 years and not be divorced. 

[Voyager36]

  IMO, Russian ladies don't age well

Compared to..............................?

150 year old cognac perhaps.